Monday, June 7th 2021
AMD Zen 4 and RDNA3 Architectures Launching Around the Same Time in 2022
AMD is expected to debut its next-generation "Zen 4" microarchitecture and RDNA3 graphics architectures around the same time, in 2022, according to internal company roadmaps seen by Broly_X1 on Twitter, who has leaked AMD roadmaps before. The "Zen 4" microarchitecture in particular sees AMD debut processors based on the 5 nm silicon fabrication process, and the company's first implementation of an EUV node. With "Zen 4" in 2022, the company could target a so-called "Zen 3+" microarchitecture launch later in 2021, which combines the "Zen 3" CCD with 64 MB of 3D Vertical Cache, a feature that enables a 15% gaming performance uplift, the company claims.
The RDNA3 graphics architecture could see a greater deal of effort toward improving real-time raytracing performance, with more fixed-function hardware dedicated to raytracing. The architecture could see an even bigger generational performance uplift than the one seen between RDNA and RDNA2, according to a PCGamesN report. Across the fence, "Zen 4" and RDNA3 will be squaring off against Intel's "Meteor Lake" and NVIDIA's "ADA Lovelace" architectures, respectively. RDNA3 finishes tape-out toward the end of 2021, as the 5 nm EUV node is already available to AMD for prototyping.
Sources:
Broly_X1 (Twitter), VideoCardz
The RDNA3 graphics architecture could see a greater deal of effort toward improving real-time raytracing performance, with more fixed-function hardware dedicated to raytracing. The architecture could see an even bigger generational performance uplift than the one seen between RDNA and RDNA2, according to a PCGamesN report. Across the fence, "Zen 4" and RDNA3 will be squaring off against Intel's "Meteor Lake" and NVIDIA's "ADA Lovelace" architectures, respectively. RDNA3 finishes tape-out toward the end of 2021, as the 5 nm EUV node is already available to AMD for prototyping.
19 Comments on AMD Zen 4 and RDNA3 Architectures Launching Around the Same Time in 2022
move RDNA 4 with ZEN4 together
in my honest opinion, I really think RDNA2 should be skipped on APU's just for better raytracing from RDNA 3 on APU's and move forward.
This time, it shouldn't be much different than Zen 2 and RDNA launch in 2019 which worked well enough.
Sure they would make more if they could actually make more but they cannot so, and once they move to another node they be making more on the older as it be cheaper for them, if that be passed on we would have to see.
End of the day they can only make so many, and before AMD agreed with TSMC they knew they be making enough money way before max output.
They need more factory's and for that cost a hell lot of money and takes a lot of time.
But GF is probably also fully booked these days so maybe it would do nothing at all.
And if you think no harm was done to NV, that's due to mining demand only, look at ridiculous mem configs on Ampere lineup and think again.
Supply is shit Obviously, but that shouldn't stump progress.
AMD's purpose is to design and sell products, so long as that's happening they can carry on developing new stuff and it's beyond Any doubt that AMD are selling all the GPU cores they make Soo your point is just your opinion.
As for splitting wafer supply amongst their requirement for different chip's, wtaf do people expect them to do, yes some firm's make one chip at a time but they're not AMD Nvidia ,Intel Or Qualcomm , bigger chip Dev houses have more mouths to feed.
AMD has it's own and others Main product lines in hand, if they just made 7700Xt's to satiate the demand they would be sued into obscurity too, unrealistic ideology.
Oh and that dude suggestion to put GPU on the cache of zen3+ ,head in hands , look at the size disparity, and how hot do GPU get?!.
Interestingly I now expect Zen 4 to be a fully 3D multi chiplet model including a small GPU on every CPU since Zen3+ will adequately test both 3D stacking and they're new no bumps implementation of that interconnect, they clearly have 2.5 D in hand though typically they do Try stuff sometimes that doesn't make mainstream for a while.